Thursday, August 23, 2012

A few months ago, I used some banked Joss & Main credit to snag a desk and mirror to use together as a vanity in our new dressing room. Although the two pieces were sold during different flash sales, when I popped them together, they were like the hubs and I... completely meant to be.

Two years ago when I started designing up the room, I knew I wanted to create a cozy and special place to escape and be a girl in this home full of boys. The desk and mirror were the missing link the space has been waiting for! {I know it's crazy ridiculous that we have a dressing room, however, you can find more about how it came to be here.} But oh so white right? It's a phase. My name is Jen and I am addicted to white furniture. Seriously, I just love the clean and fresh feeling that the white gives, especially in windowless areas... but this was screaming for some color. Even the drawer dividers disappeared in the sea of white...

Yawn....

The first pop of fun and whimsy I decided to add to this new girly hot spot, were some fabulous knobs I found at Hobby Lobby for $1.50 each!

Aren't they incredible? During our recent trip out to Montana, Amanda treated me to the most incredible and overwhelming trip to Hobby Lobby. I was a Hobby Lobby virgin until that point, so I had no idea what to expect, and it was everything I was hoping for, and so much more! Their knob selection was my favorite part!

So much better already!!

The next step was to tackle the inside of the drawers. Now when I started this project, I will admit, I questioned if I was going overboard. Have I taken my obsession with labeling too far? But when I was done, I knew it was the right move and it will make me smile big day after day, and that is what matters, crazy or not.

I picked a slew of my favorite colors of Silhouette's premium vinyl and started by popping the first one into my super slick cutting machine.

I was hoping to create something graphic and colorful inside the drawers, so I cut out the labels from different fonts, colors and images, and transferred them to the bottom of the acrylic drawer dividers. This allowed me to easily see the labels, but they would also stay protected.

As always, I was excited that the machine was able to make such sweet cuts for me, especially since some of the fonts I adore are so delicate!

Once all of the labels were cut and transferred to the bottoms of the dividers, they made the statement I was going for inside the drawers...

A little bit label crazy? Totally. And I LOVE IT! I can't help but smile just typing about it!

Even when all of my makeup was added into the dividers, you could still see glimpses of the colors peeking out and saying hello.

Since I also use the vanity for giving my hair some love, the second drawer was devoted to those belongings.

Goodbye white, hello color!

Now to find the perfect rug and this room will be about complete. Time for a happy dance!

So now that we have gotten through the vanity details, it's time for the promo details!

All for $270! Already have a CAMEO? All vinyl is also 40% off! Just go here and enter ORGANIZING at checkout!

And last but not least, just when you thought it couldn't get any more exciting around here, my pals over at Silhouette are tossing in a CAMEO and Vinyl Bundle to GIVEAWAY to one lucky IHeart Organizing reader!!

I live in Oklahoma City where Hobby Lobby headquarters is. It is hard to imagine never having been in one of their stores before but I am glad you got to experience it. I can go in there and just walk around getting ideas forever. My husband will never understand it but I love Hobby Lobby!

So cute and fun! Annnnnd, the knobs look awesome! I'm loving them. Maybe I'll find a place to add some to our house... So glad you've got a girly space to escape from the boys. Ha, didn't mean that in a mean way. :)

Jen YOU ROCK thank you for doing another giveaway with the cameo. I LOVE this machine and wish wish wish I could afford one. We just moved into a new home and I have SOOOOO many decorating ideas that I want to do. LOVE these kinds of posts . Thanks for being so inspirational!!

SQUEEEEEEEAAAAL!!!! Omg everything about this post is amazing!!! I would do the silhouette name proud!!! Love your girly space, it's stunning!! Thanks for sharing and for this giveaway. Fingers crossed!!!!!

Question about your flooding: So would that flood damage have been covered by flood insurance? We don't have flood insurance but I would really like to buy some. I guess it isn't that expensive??? But does it have tons of exclusions? I'm always worried about that or some nasty city sewer back-up which I guess most insurance doesn't cover either?

I would recommend chatting with your local home owner's insurance rep. We didn't have any flood coverage {we can't even obtain flood insurance and we didn't have a rider we needed on our home owners policy to cover the damages}. I have heard that if you can obtain the flood coverage, it can be costly, but I honestly can't say. We had our sump pump fail due to a power outage, so it was as simple as adding a rider onto our policy to protect us should it happen again.

I have a crazy question.What brand is the vinyl that is used with the Cameo? Is there a name on the back of it?I only ask becasue I work for a plastics company that MAKES vinyl and I'm wondering if it is our film. Please send me an email if you can.nrmason122475@yahoo.comThanks!

Another great project. Looks great. I know you are organized and streamlined and I try to live this way too, but is that REALLY all of your hair and makeup stuff?! Mine is organized and it still takes up three drawers!!! Most impressive!

Thanks! Yep, that is it. :) I also have some things in the bathroom such as face moisturizers and bath products, but as far as daily makeup goodies, I try to keep just the basics. I used to have a bit of a love for makeup and clothes, but I always found myself using the same things each day, or wearing only some of my favorite clothing pieces, so a more simplified life has been working out wonderfully!

I love reading your blog and have seen some great organizing tips on here. I am wondering though why your contests are only open to US residents. I know that a lot of blog contests are open to residents of the US and Canada and am wondering if this would be possible in the future.

I LOVE my international readers, however, unfortunately I am not the one who sets the guidelines when it comes to who the giveaways are open to. It has a lot to do with the charges that occur when shipping the giveaway items outside of the US and even sometimes with the customs process. I always check with my sponsors to see if they are willing to ship internationally, however, it's really up to them since they handle the mailing of the items.

Jen your vanity is glamourous w/ the addition of those knobs, etc. I *adore* the labels you made for the drawer inserts/containers and wish I had access to, or finances to splurge, on a Silhouette. I agree -- when time permits you should definitely sell those labels on Etsy!

Dear Jen,Can you please help a girl out over here in New Zealand!I have been following your blog and pinterest for sometime now, and every day I grow more envious of your silhouette cameo and all the things you can do with them! I have looked and looked for suppliers in New Zealand only resulting in hefty hefty prices! I would so love to have one of these machines, yet i cant enter your giveaways as they are only to USA. oh to have my hands on one of these all the things that it can do! Can you help me out?

I am in awe with your pantry transformation. Loved the candy section best, lol, No seriously I loved it! And now with the Vanity organization, I am feeling like i am slacking and should get to work doing a little reorganizing myself.lol Thanks for the cahnce to win the Cameo, it has been on my Bucket list for a long long time:)

You know I've wondered several times while reading your blog "how come none of her great finds ever come from Hobby Lobby??" Because that is where ALL of my great finds come from! I would be so lost without it. Especially during the holidays! Now every time you go out of town it'll be a treat to find a Hobby Lobby wherever you are visiting!

I love, love, LOVE those clear organizers!! You are so creative!! And I have to say that you not having a Hobby Lobby is payback for me not living anywhere close to an IKEA!! Just kidding, I'm always jealous of your IKEA hacks, now I can rub it in your face that I live 5 minutes away from Hobby Lobby! Ha!

Ps. I hope you realize that I'm kidding and that I really love your blog! :-)

Oh, I totally get it! :) Between Hobby Lobby and World Market, I am always jealous of other blogger's finds. So when I post about IKEA, although I feel bad sometimes, we have it locally so I can't help but take advantage of it!

I am a recent follower so please pardon my really silly question. How are you able to create labels that would stick on underneath the clear container from the top side of the font? I'm also new to label and cutting machines.

Awesome Jen!! Love the labels! Can you share what fonts you used and if those are Silhouette designs, can you share the design numbers? I bought my Silhouette because of you and I love it, love using it with vinyl the most!

Gig-ee you mirror the design then the sticky part becomes the top. Vinyl is colored through so it works :)

Beautiful! Totally looks like something you'd see for sale at the store. Hoping to win a Silhouette for our new all-girls non-profit PreK-12 private school. The school's goal to to empower young girls to be future leaders :)

The school doesn't have many funds to buy the expensive accessories for labeling all the boxes and tubs/tupperware we have organized everything in,not to mention craft accessories, so this would be a great asset to have!! Any profits the school makes goes towards scholarships for those who can't afford the tuition.

Hi Jen I found your blog in the past week and I am enthralled! I am amazed by you. I swear you are everything I aspire to be. I had a very neat, organized, mother who was also into scrap booking and crafts in general. Though she made a living creating one of a kind wedding ensembles (some for famous people as well), she dabbled in a lot of other craft areas. I did not get her gift of organization. So now @ 40 with 2 kids Juliet,6 and Hayden,3 I am trying to get our new home in order. We bought a house 8 months ago we painted, had a fence installed but didn't really put US into it. Our style. The the rooms are all blank canvases waiting to be painted.I am finally excited about redoing the den/playroom and the basement their 2nd playroom and a movie room. Since I found your blog my mind is racing 24/7, thinking about where I can boxes, paper, contact paper, what color paints, etc. Very overwhelming at first. I am certainly hoping to learn a lot from you since you have the most amazing home I have seen. Please tell your husband to cherish you and thank you daily for everything you do..because you are WONDERFUL! One more thing what is that wonderful font you used for the vanity clear cases (i.e. eyes, face, the mascara) I need to win the Cameo I <3 one sooooo badly!

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Love love love everything about this!!! And your blog is pretty much my go to blog to read! Being a college student my desk is also my vanity... It's white like your but where did the clear drawer dividers come from? All the ones I have found are too

I don't have a Target in my area so I was able to find some at Wal-Mart. Although they do look a little more plasticy compared to the ones that you have (yours seem to look more like glass... if that makes sense!)

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